Centralized computer system allows members to manage household moving process

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KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --  The Defense Personal Property Program is a new centralized computer repository designed to improve quality of life for service members, civilian employees and their families through improved household good moves.

The Department of Defense program provides direct communication between the service member and the transportation service provider 24/7 365 days a year from any location with Internet access.

Service members log on to www.move.mil and establish a user identification and password to process and manage their shipment and receive information when and where they need it. It's extremely important to keep e-mail addresses and contact information up to date in the system.

Service members who have moved previously may do self-counseling on this Web site instead of attending a briefing with a counselor. Members making first-time moves, last time moves using retirement/separation orders, join spouse moves, stateside shipments less than 1,000 pounds, local moves and non-temporary storage are required to attend a briefing with a counselor.

A copy of the member's orders and any amendments must be provided to the transportation office in order for a counselor to gain access to the information and forward the request to San Antonio for processing.

The Joint Personal Property Shipping Office in San Antonio is requesting notice about a month prior to the move to accomplish the self-counseling due to the heavy summer workload and to obtain alternate dates in case the original dates aren't available.

The local transportation office doesn't schedule the move dates, which is the responsibility of JPPSO-SAT.

When a member wants to do a personally procured move, previously called a do-it-yourself move, the forms must be signed by a counselor to be validated, so you'll have to go to the local transportation office to accomplish this prior to moving.

For information, call 376-8530, 8532, 8535 or 8536.